Research progress on prevention and treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder
LIU Ping
Abstract：In our country, the study of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in war and modern society is a relatively weak link in medical research. In this paper, the research status of PTSD in recent years was reviewed from four aspects, including the symptoms, cause, biological mechanism, prevention and treatment of PTSD. We pointed out that the occurrence of PTSD was associated with the events of war and trauma, personality characteristics and social factors; the pathogenetic neurophysiological mechanism was closely related with the brain or central nervous system which governed the memory, emotion, thinking and social contact; the main treatment regimen of PTSD was psychological therapy and target symptoms therapy (mainly by antidepressant and anti-anxiety drugs). In the near future, the theory research of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, neuropolypeptide, second messenger, cell apoptosis, gene expression and so on, will provide new neurobiological and theoretical basis for the pathogenesis of PTSD and the development of new drugs in combat PTSD. Strengthening the basic and clinical research of PTSD is an important task in the medical ifeld both for our country and army.
Keywords：Posttraumatic stress disorderDrug therapyAntidepressionAnti-anxietyResearch
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 1-5,18 )